Pendakwa Raya v MOHD AMIRUL AMRIE BIN MOHD ZIMI

aa-41lba-7-09-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 November 2024 • AA-41LB(A)-7-09/2023 • 17 min read
8 cases cited (0 SG, 8 foreign)

Outcome

The appeal is dismissed, and the Magistrate's decision to acquit the respondent is upheld.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (aa-41lba-7-09-2023). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 15(1)(a) - Offense of consuming dangerous drugs - Accused acquitted due to prosecution’s failure to produce urine sample bottle - Reliance on photographs lacking clear serial numbers - Whether chain of custody and evidence integrity compromised EVIDENCE: - Urine sample bottle not produced - Subject matter of the charge - SP5 admitted bottle destroyed without sufficient justification - Whether non-production fatal to prosecution’s case EVIDENCE: Witnesses - Failure to call material witness - Critical to chain of custody - Adverse inference under Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g) - Whether absence of witness created reasonable doubt EVIDENCE: Photographic evidence - Photographs of urine sample bottle tendered - SP5 admitted photographs altered and device used differed from certification under s. 90A - Whether photographs reliable and valid substitutes for physical evidence

Practice Areas

Criminal Law Evidence

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (4)

Akram Hizri, Azad & Azmir Firm Perak Legal Advisor Officer Firm Ahmad Shamil Azad bin Abdul Hamid Counsel Accused Geetha Jora Singh Counsel Prosecution

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Appellant Mohd Amirul Amrie bin Mohd Zimi Respondent

Statutes Cited

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)
Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (8)

UK (4)
[1898] 1 Ch 704 [1904] AC 73 [1923] AC 253 [1955] AC 370
MY (4)
[1974] 2 MLJ 71 [2009] 10 CLJ 464 [2009] AMEJ 0118 [2009] MLJU 898

Judgment

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Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (aa-41lba-7-09-2023)